diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_log.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_log.c
index 8d21b785bead..a3259b8f2333 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_log.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_log.c
@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@ void drm_log_register(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_log *new;
 
+	if (!scale)
+		scale = 1;
+
 	new = kzalloc_obj(*new);
 	if (!new)
 		goto err_warn;